Sex and gender issues in multiple sclerosis

HF Harbo, R Gold, M Tintoré - Therapeutic advances in …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is universally found to be more prevalent in women than men. This
has led to extensive studies of differences in the immune system or nervous system between …

[HTML][HTML] Salivary biomarkers for the diagnosis and monitoring of neurological diseases

R Farah, H Haraty, Z Salame, Y Fares, DM Ojcius… - Biomedical journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Current research efforts on neurological diseases are focused on identifying novel disease
biomarkers to aid in diagnosis, provide accurate prognostic information and monitor disease …

Geographical variations in sex ratio trends over time in multiple sclerosis

M Trojano, G Lucchese, G Graziano, BV Taylor… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background A female/male (F/M) ratio increase over time in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients
was demonstrated in many countries around the world. So far, a direct comparison of sex …

Environmental factors and their timing in adult-onset multiple sclerosis

AE Handel, G Giovannoni, GC Ebers… - Nature Reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common, complex neurological disease. Epidemiological data
implicate both genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of MS, with various factors …

The increasing incidence and prevalence of female multiple sclerosis—a critical analysis of potential environmental factors

J Sellner, J Kraus, A Awad, R Milo, B Hemmer… - Autoimmunity …, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common acquired inflammatory demyelinating disorder of
the central nervous system (CNS). Not unlike many inflammatory diseases with a presumed …

Sex differences in the blood–brain barrier and neurodegenerative diseases

CM Weber, AM Clyne - APL bioengineering, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The number of people diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases is on the rise. Many of
these diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and …

Vitamin D Actions on CD4+ T Cells in Autoimmune Disease

CE Hayes, SL Hubler, JR Moore, LE Barta… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
This review summarizes and integrates research on vitamin D and CD4+ T-lymphocyte
biology to develop new mechanistic insights into the molecular etiology of autoimmune …

Natural killer cells in multiple sclerosis: a review

M Mimpen, J Smolders, R Hupperts, J Damoiseaux - Immunology letters, 2020 - Elsevier
As the most common non-traumatic disabling disease among adolescents, multiple sclerosis
(MS) is a devastating neurological inflammatory disease of the central nervous system …

MS prevalence in New Zealand, an ethnically and latitudinally diverse country

BV Taylor, JF Pearson, G Clarke… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is not uniform, with a latitudinal
gradient of prevalence present in most studies. Understanding the drivers of this gradient …

Helminth therapy and multiple sclerosis

JO Fleming - International journal for parasitology, 2013 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis is a common and frequently disabling neurological disease of young
adults. It is characterised by recurrent areas of focal inflammation (plaques) in the CNS …